Triptych Magazine | Summer 2020

M A Y • J U N • J U L • A U G 2020

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PROGRAMING CALENDAR 10 – 11 UPCOMING EVENTS 12 – 13 ART EDUCATION 14 – 15 UPCOMING IN 2020 16 – 17 THANK YOU 18 – 19

From the director “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” — Robert Frost The Yellowstone Art Museum, like every other organization, cannot predict the future.

But we must make informed decisions and assumptions to plan for what we can control.

Focusing on the coming months will be challenging because we don’t know when the YAM will be fully operational again.

The Covid-19 virus pandemic is proving to be the most challenging issue yet for the YAM, the YAM audience, and indeed YAM Staff.

Everything possible is being done to assure we will be able to meet our financial obligations as always.

I remain optimistic that the pandemic will end, and the YAM will once again be the community cultural anchor and leader that it has been since 1964.

March and April were particularly difficult. The brilliant Neltje exhibitions, Tell Me Why Flowers? and Dialogue of My Mind were mounted and ready for the opening day when the museum was forced to be closed to the public. However, we look forward to opening the doors soon, with the hope that our audiences will enjoy them into the summer.

During some dark moments lately, I have found personal refuge sitting in the YAM galleries by myself and allowing the great beauty of Neltje’s work to renew me. The scale of her work and her brilliant colors are exactly the life one needs at this difficult time.

Please take a moment each day to enjoy the tremendous emotional benefit of the arts. You may watch numerous videos and links prepared by YAM staff that are featured on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and of course on www.artmuseum.org. You will find videos touring the Museum’s facilities as well as creative ideas for making art at home with your family. Many of the Billings Cultural Partners are also joining us with similar programming.

As the virus moves on, please know that the entire YAM family wishes everyone personal safety, health, peace of mind, optimism for the recovery of our society, and of course clean hands!

Life will return to normal and we want to see you visit the YAM often, in person and online. And please share your visits with family and friends.

Thank you all for your support through your memberships, sponsorships, patronage, frequent visitation, and service as volunteers. You remain vital for the Museum’s continuing success.

I am deeply grateful for your confidence in the Yellowstone Art Museum which is needed now more than ever before.

With my most heartfelt thanks,

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Cover Art: Gennie DeWeese; Pepper in the Doorway; 31 x 24.5; Woodcut; 21 x 23 inches.

Gift of Yellowstone Print Club. 1994.3

donor spotlight Giving Tuesday: May 5, 2020

Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. This year, the global community has launched #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of unity to take place on May 5, 2020, as a response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.

You can help as we reopen the doors to the public by “adopting” a work of art in our newest exhibition! All sponsorship gifts will support the installation of works in the upcoming Montana Matriarchs exhibition which will run July 23 – October 18, 2020, in the Montana Gallery. This is your opportunity to adopt one or multiple works in this amazing exhibition from our Montana Collection.

The generous individuals who adopt a work will be credited on object labels throughout the run of the exhibition. These donors will also receive an invitation to the VIP opening of the exhibition on July 23 as well as adjunct presentations throughout the run of the exhibition. More information on this upcoming exhibition can be found on page 5.

To “Adopt a Work of Art” or to sponsor this exhibition please email Ryan Cremer at development@artmuseum.org or call 406-860-5583, and we will be pleased to discuss this new program with you and tell you how you can support the exhibition and conservation of work in our permanent collection.

30 Years with the YAM! The YAM would like to thank Jet Holoubek for his 30 years of service.

Since 1999, he has been the front desk receptionist and also served as consignment gallery manager.

Jet retired on March 1, 2020.

Newest Member of YAM Team The YAM would like to welcome our newest associate, Nickolas Olson.

Nickolas is joining the YAM’s Leadership Team as Marketing Manager.

Women’s Work

The Yellowstone Art Museum celebrates the 2020 centennial of women’s suffrage with a series of exhibitions exploring work by women, media traditionally defined as feminine, art that honors the social and political contributions of women, and art that highlights women’s often invisible labor.

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all dates are subject to change. Virtual tours and online programming will give audiences the opportunity to view the exhibitions and “meet” the artists while we all shelter in place. Visit our Facebook page and sign up for our monthly emails for more details.

Neltje: Tell Me, Why Flowers? & Dialogue of My Mind March 21 – July 12, 2020 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery, Northwest Projects Gallery, and M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gallery Sponsors: Diane Boyer Jerhoff, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Larry and Ruth Martin, US Bank, Paul & Rachel Cox, Gareld Krieg, (Tell Me Why Flowers), The David F. & Sara K. Weston Fund Neltje’s paintings, like the artist, are intense, complex, and larger than life. In her late thirties, Neltje began studying Sumi-e painting, which she describes as “a highly disciplined art of essence.” This practice became the core of her later work. Her dynamic process of painting alternates between quick, expressive physical movements and intense deliberation. She starts with a single brushstroke. “From there the dialogue begins. One stroke after another, overlapping or apart, sensing a rhythm, a direction, a feel.”

Inspired by the end-of-season explosion of color in her late-summer gardens, her series Tell Me, Why Flowers? evokes the spectacular, fleeting, joys of life.

Neltje remembers looking down at the flowers in her garden, moved by their beauty and impermanence. “They’re happy and glorious in their own identity Neltje, Impulse Compulse, 2016; Acrylic on canvas; 60 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. and I thought, ‘Nobody ever paints them that way.’” Unlike traditional still-life flower paintings, these works do not represent physical likenesses or moral lessons. She says, “I wanted to do something that was cleaner, clearer, less complicated.” Neltje’s colors and patterns reflect the life and abundance she feels in the presence of nature. “When I’m looking at these individual blossoms they nod in the wind and they give me time to reflect and I come up with memories of being touched with joy.”

Dialogue of My Mind is Neltje’s first figurative series, painted as an emotional response to the 2016 elections. The first painting, Threatened, surprised the artist with its specificity, depicting the Capitol Building alongside disembodied faces and gesturing hands.

Neltje continued to imagine the human impacts of the rapidly changing political landscape as she worked through the series. Expressive faces are scattered across the canvasses, appearing shocked, fragmented, and disconnected. Heads overlap and merge with diagonal planes and lines suggesting precarious, abstracted interiors. Titles such as Unexpected, Shifts and Collisions, and Off Balance add to the mood of dislocation.

Chaz, Marcus, and Lisa installing one of Neltje’s four seasons paintings, 10 x 30 feet.

Neltje, Harmonies of Rhythm, 2018; Acrylic on canvas; 48 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

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Kristi Hager: Equal: A Work in Progress

May 21 – September 17, 2020 // Lobby & Donna Forbes Wall Sponsors: Anonymous, Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Cenex Harvest States (CHS) Kristi Hager, a Missoula-based painter and photographer, is making equality “a work in progress” in a series of larger than-life paintings of women. Inspired by the 2020 centennial of women’s suffrage, Hager says, “I was thinking of the long struggle to get equal rights for a lot of people, not just women.” Painted on thin, un-stretched muslin using washes of gray paint, the works are translucent. The contours of each succeeding portrait are visible through the last, linking generations of women.

Each work is titled by its subject’s initials, primarily women from Hager’s personal circle who, she says, “are working to overcome adversity.” In addition to portraits of friends and family of all ages and from all time periods, the series includes Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I’ve never met her but over the years I’ve admired her brilliant and tenacious work for women’s equality,” says Hager. Each subject is depicted in a head-and-shoulders portrait, unsmiling. They return the viewer’s gaze, projecting competence, confidence, and quiet power.

The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced to Congress in 1923. In 1972 it was approved by the Senate and sent to the states for ratification but fell short of the 38 states required to become an Amendment to the Constitution. “I thought the ERA would become a law in my lifetime,” said Hager, “but it continues to be a work in progress.”

Kristi Hager, LGB, 2019; Acrylic on muslin; 60 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Kristi Hager, Installation view of Equal: A Work in Progress, 2019; Acrylic on muslin; Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.

North x Northwest

May 28 – October 4, 2020 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Sponsors: The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, Anonymous This year’s second annual North x Northwest juried exhibition is organized under the theme of “Women’s Work.” Juror, Jill Ahlberg Yohe selected 61 works from 441 entries. “I judged in terms of quality, artistry, creativity, theme, and a range of mediums and sizes,” she said. “Women’s work is everywhere and in everything we do, yet often remains invisible, unrecognized, marginalized, and undervalued. Encompassing nearly every medium—painting, video installation, textiles, sculptures, photography, and beyond—this exhibition brings together exceptional works of art created by contemporary makers. It reveals an alternative, and a moment to liberate ourselves and think anew. It celebrates the creative, innovative, and always-changing landscape of women’s experience, inviting viewers to consider women’s contributions to our histories, communities, art, humanity, and planet.”

Jill Ahlberg Yohe is the Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. She recently curated Hearts of Our People, an exhibition of historic and contemporary work by Native American women, currently traveling to major institutions throughout the US. The North x Northwest exhibition series is intended to introduce new artists to the region, showcase regional favorites, and exhibit emerging artists alongside their more established peers.

In addition to Juror’s Award and People’s choice, the exhibition will fund $5,000 in purchase awards for the YAM’s permanent collection. The exhibition was open to artists of all genders and backgrounds, working in any fine art or craft medium.

Brooke Atherton, 27 Red Lipsticks, Mixed media and textile, 42.5 x 72.5 Inches.

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Isabelle & Guillaume and Beau de Lomenie, You Heavy Little Thing!!!, Photography, 29 x 40 Inches.

Linda Whitney, Niso Hummingbird Dancer, Mezzotint, 30 x 22 Inches.

Montana Matriarchs

July 23 – October 18, 2020 // Montana Gallery Sponsors: The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, Anonymous Central to the YAM’s 2020 theme of “Women’s Work” is a collections-based exhibition featuring Montana artists Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Gennie DeWeese, and Isabelle Johnson. These women were highly influential in the state and beyond, introducing Modernist ideas to succeeding generations through their artistic practice, teaching, friendships, and decades of immersion in the cultural life of Montana. A common thread that connects these artists is their close observation of the people, places, and things that they encountered in their daily lives.

Senska and Wilber worked together at Montana State College (now MSU Bozeman) and were life partners. Wilber came to Bozeman to teach art in 1941. Senska arrived five years later to teach in the department of applied arts.

Gennie DeWeese, Mountain Road, 1998; Oil stick on canvas; 89 x 98 inches. Museum purchase. 1999.13

Many of Senska’s students were WWII veterans, like herself, taking classes on the GI Bill. Her most famous students, Rudy Autio and Pete Voulkos, were members of the first class she taught in Bozeman. They went on to start the artist residency program of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, continuing her chain of influence.

Frances sought out local clay deposits and brought students along to help dig. Josh DeWeese remembers going with her to shovel clay into an old pickup truck long after she retired in 1973. She used the native clay to made pottery that she intended to be used: tea sets, cups, bowls, and plates. She also made a series of “Huns” based on the humble, mottled brown Hungarian partridges. Born in Cameroon to missionary parents, her teaching and artmaking centered on a desire to help and engage with people. She said, “My feeling is that I want to make things that are useful, that are well made, that are good, that will be useful to people, and if they’re art, that’s a dividend.”

Her artist’s statement was, “I make pots.”

Frances and Jessie both believed that art was for everyone, and that it should be a part of daily life. Jessie used woodcut and serigraph to make multiple originals that even her students could afford to own. She found her subject matter nearby: abstracted vignettes of her home and garden and memories of travel and childhood.

As Interim Department Chair, Jessie hired Robert DeWeese in 1949, which brought the DeWeese family to Montana. Ray Campeau, a former student and artist who taught at Bozeman High School for 33 years, recalls, “He and Gennie became surrogate family for a lot of people in the art department, along with Jessie Wilber and Frances Senska.” Their home in Cottonwood Canyon was a refuge and cultural center: a place for potlucks and parties, a featured stop in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and a place where art was integrated with daily life.

Isabelle Johnson was a pioneer of modernism in central and eastern Montana. She inspired students and provided a lifeline to other rural artists, such as Bill Stockton, who might otherwise have withered in cultural isolation. Born on a sheep ranch in Absarokee, Montana, she studied painting and sculpture at Columbia University and Skowhegan. She taught at Eastern Montana College from 1949 to 1961, and nurtured artists including Edith Freeman, Donna Loos, and Theodore Waddell. Always encouraging her students to look and see, she modeled this practice in drawings and paintings that depicted her close observation of the land, people, and animals that were part of her daily experience.

This exhibition will provide the opportunity for the YAM to assess and exhibit some of its most significant collected works by these Modernist women. It will also support conservation and research for core works in the YAM’s Montana Collection.

Isabelle Johnson, Ballet Dancer, c. 1940; Oil on linen; 32 x 24 inches. Gift of Isabelle Johnson Estate. IJ1992.55

Jessie Wilber, Magpies in the Snowstorm, 1986; Serigraph; 25 x 30 inches.

Museum purchase with Montana Cultural Trust Fund. 1989.4

Frances Senska, Huns (Hungarian Partridges), c. 1985; Stoneware; 4 x 3.75 x 2.5 inches. Anonymous loan.

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A Russell Chatham Day

Febuary 6 – June 17, 2020 // M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gallery This exhibition of paintings and prints from YAM’s collection celebrates the life of a Montana artist so iconic that his name is sometimes used to describe the weather. Chatham began his Missouri Headwaters Series in 1985, to expand upon his newly-acquired printing skills. The twelve lithographs portray the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers at Three Forks, Montana, and roughly 10,000 square miles of the Missouri. According to Chatham, “Each print is designed to make a statement. Each month can more or less be distilled into a feeling or mood composed of what actually is at the moment, what has just passed, and what is to come.”

Russell Chatham, March Evening, 1986; Oil on linen; 24 x 30 inches. Museum purchase with funding from the Montana Cultural Trust Fund. 1986.14

The Thing Itself

June 2019 – December 2020 Sponsor: The Peggy R. Kelley Estate “The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.” — James Baldwin Art may hold a mirror up to the world or represent the realities beneath the world’s illusions. This exhibition highlights art made directly from the things of the world. Showcasing works made from found materials in the YAM’s collection, it also debuts Butte artist Steve Wellman’s “Useless Objects.”

Recent gifts to the YAM’s collection by Missoula Artist Terry Karson (1950 – 2017) are prominently featured. Also on exhibit are sculptures, collages, and mixed media works based on found materials by Deborah Butterfield, Tom Foolery, Robert Harrison, Jennifer Hawke, Kate Hunt, Tracy Linder, Sara Mast, Jon Lodge, Robert Rauschenberg, Arin Waddell, Willem Volkersz, and Robert DeWeese.

Installation view of The Thing Itself.

Tracy Linder, Who’s Counting? (Abandoned Disc Scraper), 1996; Acrylic, oil, wax, straw, photograph on canvas; 30 x 60 inches. Gift of Roger and Susan Sullivan. 1998.12

Sara Mast, Archeaus, 2001; Mixed media and encaustic on board; 40.25 x 60 inches. Museum purchase funded by Miriam Sample. 2004.1

Robern Rauschenberg, (Airport Series) Sheephead, IV/XX, 1974; Ink on cotton fabric and cheesecloth with wooden ruler; 35 x 49 inches. Gift of J. Michael Keenan. 2001.51

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Beyond the Embrace

June 2019 – December 2020 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsor: The Peggy R. Kelley Estate The artistic theme of Mother and Child began with figures made from stone and clay and has endured throughout the history of Western art. Contemporary artists continue to explore the theme even as society’s ideas of family and gender roles expand. Whether by birth, adoption, or community, there is a special bond between a child and its primary caregiver. The person who fills the role of “mother” might be a father, grandparent, or another family member, and “family” may be defined by birth or by choice. These selections from the YAM collection are contemporary variations on the timeless theme of family.

Installation view of Beyond the Embrace, featuring photographs by Jill Brody, Rosa’s Garden and Snow Day; Gift of Jill Brody, facilitated by the Missoula art Museum. 2019.2.2 and 2019.2.3

Will James Rides Again

July 2020 – August 2021 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: The Montana History Foundation, Karen Ferguson, Ted Waddell & Lynn Campion, The Will James Society, The Lloyd Shelhamer Memorial Endowment, The Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation The YAM’s installation of its world renowned Will James collection showcases dozens of paintings and drawings from throughout James’ career, his parade saddle and chaps, and hand-illustrated personal correspondence. For almost a century, Will James (born Ernest Dufault 1892 – 1942) has been celebrated for his illustrations and stories of horses, cowboys, and the romantic American West. He wrote and illustrated 23 books about cowboy life, including a largely fictional autobiography. Like his friend and mentor Charles M. Russell, James both lived and invented the stereotypes of Western art and film. The YAM is committed to increasing preservation and access to this important collection.

We are grateful to the Montana History Foundation, Karen Ferguson, The Will James Society, The Lloyd Shelhamer Memorial Endowment, Ted Waddell, and the Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation for supporting our ongoing project to improve conservation and online access for this collection.

Detail of Will James’ Saddle made by Jack Connelly

Detail of letter from Charlie Russell to Will James

Ken Blackbird: Image Keeper

July 30 – January 10, 2020 // M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gallery Ken Blackbird (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre), is a visual storyteller who uses a camera to communicate the vitality of Native American life.

Raised on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, he left at the age of 19 to find his way in the world. “It’s about having that urge to explore places off the main roads,” he says. “I never really had a home.” He earned a degree in journalism from the University of Montana in 1992, and has worked as a photojournalist and freelance photographer for more than three decades.

People take center stage in most of Blackbird’s compositions. Believing that photographers are “the image keepers of history,” his photographs place the viewer in the center of the story. He enjoys getting to know his subjects. “It’s always surprising, he says. “Every time you go out, you learn something new or you meet new people. That’s the exciting part.” Both his Pulitzer-nominated documentary work and his personal photographs focus on human stories told through beautiful pictures. “I just love taking photographs,” he says. “I’m looking for light. I’m looking for the layers of composition. I’m always looking at eyes, hands, backgrounds. I’m looking for someone doing something different.”

The exhibition includes dynamic imagery from Crow Fair, stunning portraits, and sweeping landscapes in Blackbird’s signature documentary style. In 2002, the YAM received 29 photographs by Ken Blackbird, the donation generously supported by David Orser & Ossie Abrams.

Ken Blackbird, Grand Entry at Rocky Boy Celebration, 1991; Photographic print; 15.5 x 23 inches. Gift of the artist and David Orser & Ossie Abrams. 2002.1

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Meet YAM’s 2020 Artist in Residence Keeara Rhoades Multimedia artist and professor at MSUB, Keeara Rhoades is the sixteenth artist in residence to work in the Gary & Melissa Oakland Studio, located in the YAM’s Visible Vault. The art studio and residency will serve as a set for Keeara’s new media practice.

Keeara plans to produce a multimedia art film titled, “the shape of a corner.” As an art film, the story will attempt to position the viewer within surveillance space, witnessing two characters bound by the confines of their stilted beds. One is afflicted. The other is inflicted. Both translate their ideas, dreams, and memories into a visual story, or cinematic tableaux, that offers insight and access to the life experiences that have influenced their human condition. She was recently awarded a grant for research at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, a former prison that was an early model for the use of panopticons and surveillance.

To involve community in the creation of the film, Keeara invites studio visitors to participate in production through prompted contributions. Beginning as soon as the YAM reopens and running through August, when visitors enter the artist studio they will be greeted with opportunity to create props for the film set, act out choreographed scenes in front of the camera, record sound for the audio script, or assist with technical production such as cameras and lighting.

Born and raised in Wyoming, Keeara is curious and devoted to meaning-making. An exhibiting artist in Seattle for over a decade, Keeara’s art practice emerged through collaborations, multimedia film productions, script and song writing, drumming, and performance. Keeara relocated to Billings, Montana in 2017, accepting a tenure track position as assistant professor of art in new media and photography at MSU-Billings.

Keeara earned her BFA in 2005, from the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and completed her MFA in photo media at the University of Washington in 2008. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Recent productions include an art film inspired by the life and work of Arshile Gorky, created for the Yellowstone Art Museum; a multi-media performance, digging in the dugout, hosted by 4zero7 gallery; and a solo exhibition at MSU-B’s Northcutt Steele Gallery, The Prize Inside.

Keeara Rhoades in the Gary and Melissa Oakland Artist in Residence Studio, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Recent Collection Acquisitions Peggy R. Kelley The YAM accepted 36 paintings and drawings from the estate of Peggy R. Kelley. After a lifetime of travel and occupations that included teacher, aerospace engineer, and gallery owner, Peggy moved to Billings in 2015, where she passed away in 2018. An exhibition of her work was on display in the M.J. Murdock Gallery for the latter part of 2019.

Peggy’s work demonstrates a highly photorealist technical facility along with a strange, almost machine-like perspective on humanity. Inspired by amateur photographs, her paintings capture and preserve the era of snapshots, previous to the selfies of today. They also reveal ordinary human interactions (or Edward Hopper-like failures to interact), documenting small towns, bikers, church picnics, car races, and gawking tourists. Seeing the same subject matter progress through various media from drawing to watercolor to oil reveals her work process as well as some of the workings of her mind.

Installation view of Peggy R. Kelley: Snapshots, 2019 exhibition at the Yellowstone Art Museum. 2020.1.1-36

Installation views of Peggy R. Kelley: Snapshots, 2019 exhibition at the Yellowstone Art Museum. 2020.1.1-36

Jill Krutick Her 2019 exhibition, Metamorphosis was featured in the Charles M. Bair Family Gallery and Northwest Projects Gallery. The artist generously donated four paintings that were based on time she spent in Montana with the fishermen in her family. Each is abstract, yet accurately represents the patterns and colors of specific Montana species, beautifully bridging abstraction and representation.

Jill Krutick, Cutthroat Trout, 2019; Oil on canvas; 20 x 60 inches, Gift of the artist. 2020.2.2

Michel Desroches Michel T. Desroches creates intensely expressive artwork out of a desire to communicate and represent that which has no physical form. Based on the human face, his abstract expressionist paintings are not portraits, but visages of hopes, dreams, emotions, and other ephemeral concepts. His paintings were exhibited at the YAM in a solo exhibition in the Montana Gallery, Spring, 2019.

Jill Krutick, Brown Trout, 2019; Oil on canvas; 20 x 60 inches, Gift of the artist. 2020.2.4

Jill Krutick, Brook Trout, 2019; Oil on canvas; 20 x 60 inches, Gift of the artist. 2020.2.1

Michel T. Desroches, Emotéon Faceale Séries III, 2018; Mixed Media, 44x38 inches, Gift of Daniel Winn. 36 x 30 inches. 2020.3

Jill Krutick, Rainbow Trout, 2019; Oil on canvas; 20 x 60 inches, Gift of the artist. 2020.2.3

“The primary goal of the Yellowstone Art Museum’s collecting pursuits will be to build upon existing strengths in modern and contemporary art by placing active emphasis on contemporary, avant-garde work originating in Montana’s unique local environment.

Stipulating that the collection will always be an exemplar of art of the highest quality, YAM will collect the art of Montana and the surrounding region from all historic periods, favoring artists who are or have been part of the artistic vanguard of their time. Works of art may be collected from YAM exhibitions.”

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First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.

FAM at the YAM 4 – 6 p.m.

Yoga at the YAM 9 – 10 a.m.

Noon YAM Yoga Flow 12 – 12:45 p.m.

Studio Second Saturday.

Multicolored Monoprints 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Art and a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

YAM Teens The Face of It 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Wine Down to the Weekend.

Wine 102 5 – 8 p.m.

The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Equal: A Work in Progress Donna Forbes Wing Until September 17, 2020 North x Northwest Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Until October 4, 2020 YAG Greybull Middle & High School Opens

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Summer Art Academy Camp Summer Art Academy Camp Summer Art Academy Camp Summer Art Academy Camp

MINT Film Screenings Rembrandt 3:00 p.m. matinee 6:30 p.m. evening Summer Art Academy Camp First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.

Yoga at the YAM 9 – 10 a.m.

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Last day of A Russell Chatham Day Murdock Gallery Summer Art Studio Crazy Big Portraits 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

1 – 3 p.m.

The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Summer Art Studio Soft Sculpture 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

1 – 3 p.m.

SummerFair 2020 4 – 8 p.m.

SummerFair 2020 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

SummerFair 2020 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Noon YAM Yoga Flow 12 – 12:45 p.m.

Summer Art Studio Get Your Glow On 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

1 – 3 p.m.

Art and a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all dates are subject to change. Please check artmuseum.org and the YAM Facebook page for cancellations, postponements, or transitions to online events.

Spring 2020 YAM Executive Director Bryan W. Knicely, Susan Gianforte, United Stated House Representative Greg Gianforte at Yellowstone Art Auction 52 Artist Meet & Greet.

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YAM Executive Director Bryan W. Knicely and United States Senator Jon Tester tour the Museum.

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MINT Film Screenings, Michelangelo — Love and Death 3:00 p.m. matinee 6:30 p.m. evening First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.

Noon YAM Yoga Flow 12 – 12:45 p.m.

Summer Art Studio Purely Paint 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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Montana Matriarchs Montana Gallery Until October 18, 2020

Summer Art Studio Clay Cup Characters 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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Ken Blackbird: Image Keeper M.J. Murdock Gallery Until January 10, 2020

Summer Art Studio Block Printing 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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Bloom with us Art-In-Bloom Opening Reception 5 – 8 p.m.

Art-In-Bloom 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Art-In-Bloom 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Closing reception for Neltje, Dialogue of My Mind, and Tell Me, Why Flowers?

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Summer Art Studio Animals In Art 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Yoga at the YAM 9 – 10 a.m.

YAM Camp 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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YAM Camp 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

1 – 3:30 p.m.

Noon YAM Yoga Flow 12 – 12:45 p.m.

YAM Camp 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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YAM Camp 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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MINT Film Screenings Matisse from MoMA and Tate Modern 3:00 p.m. matinee 6:30 p.m. evening YAM Camp 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

1 – 3:30 p.m.

First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.

Noon YAM Yoga Flow 12 – 12:45 p.m.

The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

YAM Member & Volunteer Appreciation Day, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all dates are subject to change. Please check artmuseum.org and the YAM Facebook page for cancellations, postponements, or transitions to online events.

Tracy & Sheriff Mike Linder in front of Tracy’s Silent Auction work: The Sowers: Seed Pods #13 & 14 at Yellowstone Art Auction 52.

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Phoebe Knapp & Carol Green pose in front of Phoebe’s Live Auction work: Molar Side Table at Yellowstone Art Auction 52.

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Gareld Krieg, Bob & Shari Dayton at Yellowstone Art Auction 52.

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SUMMERFAIR 2020

June 26 – 28, 2020 // Pioneer Park The YAM and the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale (BSO&C) are proud to announce for the first time ever, a collaboration of SummerFair and Symphony in the Park!

These events will complement each other from June 26 – 28, 2020, at Pioneer Park. This is sure to be one of the biggest cultural collaborations between two of the largest cultural pillars of our community.

SummerFair, now in its 42nd year, is the region’s largest arts & crafts festival featuring some of the best artists, artisans,

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craftspeople, and entertainers in the area. This exciting event attracts more than 10,000 people over three days and is a wonderful way to share the joy of art with friends and family. While SummerFair is a fundraiser for the Museum’s education programs and ongoing exhibitions, it truly meets our mission by enriching the community through interactive experiences and creative exchange while collaborating with our community partners.

More than 100 artists, community groups, and food vendors participate every year. Artist booths at SummerFair include painting, pottery, art from nature, glass, wood, metal, fiber art, photography, body products, and artisan foods. SummerFair is

a great place to find that unique gift for yourself or someone special while supporting arts, culture, and education in the Billings community.

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all dates are subject to change.

Please check artmuseum.org and the YAM Facebook page for cancellations, postponements, or transitions to online events.

Symphony in the Park, now it its 48th year, is the largest concert, and most visible component of Explore Music!. This event wraps up another season and introduces many to live, symphonic music.

This is a favorite Billings tradition, which allows the community to relax and enjoy an evening of music under our big Montana sky while enjoying picnic fare from participating food sponsors.

Tickets are just $5 per day and children 6 & under are free.

Weekend passes are available for $25, granting admission for two adults and three children for all three days.

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Studio Second Saturday

Classes include touring the galleries and creating art that is connected to current exhibitions in the studio. Ages 5 – 12.

Registration opens a week in advance. Members: $10, Member Only Additional Child: $8, Not-Yet Members: $20

Multicolored Monoprints

May 9, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Make multi-layered, multi-colored, mono prints inspired

by Neltje’s Tell me, Why Flowers?

YAM Teens

This program is for teens 13 – 18 years old. Second Wednesday of every month. We will feature a different art project plus time for self-directed artmaking. FREE! No advanced registration required.

The Face of It

May 13, 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Sketch faces in the gallery and then stack your sketches to create a painting inspired by Neltje’s Dialogue of My Mind exhibition.

Summer Art Academy

Art and a Story

Art and a Story is designed for families with children up to 5 years of age. Get comfortable in front of a gigantic piece of art for a story. Every month will feature different artwork and stories.

This is a quick, friendly time to get excited about art, reading, and the YAM. Free for members or with admission. No advance registration required.

NOW on the Second Saturday of every month, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 8, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

FAM at the YAM

Create art with your whole family and a professional teaching artist. Come and go, spend as much time creating art in the education studio as you like. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening. Now at a new time! Members: Adults Free, children $10 (Members may bring additional children for $5 each) Not-Yet-Members: Adults $10, children $20

Spring into Color

May 1, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Create art based on the colors and flowers of spring with artists Carol Welch & Susan Stone, inspired by Neltje’s: Tell Me, Why Flowers?

Young artists spend one week studying with professional artists on the campus of Rocky Mountain College in concentrated areas of their choice. Ages 7 – 14.

June 1 – 5 3 daily classes from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

4 daily classes from 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

YAM Camp

Spend a week at the YAM using the art in the museum to influence what you create. This summer, go behind the scenes (to places in the museum you’ve never seen), create art, and put it all together to make a video. Ages 6 – 12.

August 3 – 7.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum Ages 6 – 8, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Ages 9 – 12, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Young Artists’ Gallery Exhibitions Crow Agency 3rd – 5th Grades

April 18 – May 17 (Postponed due to COVID-19)

Greybull Middle and High School May 30 – August 8

Hardin 6th Grade

August 15 – October 15

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all dates are subject to change. Please check artmuseum.org and the YAM Facebook page for cancellations, postponements, or transitions to online events.

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Visit artmuseum.org/education for more information and to sign up, or contact the

Summer Art Studio Classes

Students tour, explore, and learn to create art using a variety of art media at each weekly class. Tours and artmaking in the studio are always linked to our current exhibitions. Ages 5 – 12. Members: $10, Member Only Additional Child: $8, Not-Yet Members: $20 Thursdays from June 11 – July 30 Morning Session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Get Your Glow On: Use underpaintings and a transparent layer to create paintings with an atmospheric glow.

Crazy Big Portraits: Larger than life cardboard portraits.

Create a crazy big head of your own, inspired by current exhibitions.

Soft Sculpture: Sketch it, Stuff it, Sculpt it.

Purely Paint: Learn new techniques and go. This is your chance to just paint. Inspired by the permanent collection.

Animals in Art: Explore the many different ways artists portray animals in their art then create your own animalbased artwork inspired by the YAM’s permanent collection.

Clay Cup Characters: Craft a cup from clay; change your cup into a creative character.

Block Printing: Use block printing techniques to design, carve, and pull your own prints.

The Art of Memory (with the Montana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association) Third Friday every month, May 15, June 19, July 17, August 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

This monthly program is an important way for people living with early-stage memory loss—including those living with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia and their care partners—to connect with others at the YAM. We are promoting connection, interaction, and companionship through viewing and discussing artwork, and creating art in our studio. The bonds formed at these programs are often long lasting, creating additional support for all involved.

Please register by calling Lynn or Barb at the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter at 406-252-3053 x 8125 or 800-272-3900 (Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline) or email MT@ALZ.org. If you need additional support, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association free, 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900 to talk with information specialists and care consultants.

Adopt Education!

By adopting a summer class, you can help the YAM reach our goal of offering that class to children for free.

YAM Summer Art Studio classes are held twice per day for children aged 5 – 12 on Thursdays during June and July. Every class includes a chance to explore the YAM and discover art on an inquiry-based tour. This is followed by an hour in the education studio learning new techniques and creating art.

Purely Paint This July 9 class is the time to learn new techniques and focus on painting. Children will tour paintings of different styles and techniques throughout the museum. In the studio, they will learn new ways to create with paint.

Our goal is to make Purely Paint free for 48 children, filling two classes. Please make a small, medium, or large gift to help make this class free of charge.

TOTAL: $750 (two free classes!) // Large: $125 // Medium: $75 // Small: $50 Education Program Coordinator at 406-256-6804 x232 or artsuitcase@artmuseum.org

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WINE102 Yellowstone Art Museum 5:00 Doors open 5:30 Guided Tour 6:00 Wine Class

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Learn about “terroir” and the production of fine wines.

Test your sensory evaluation skills with interactive exercises.

Participate in the basics of wine tasting & evaluation.

Compare Old World & New World wines.

Learn how to dissect a wine label.

Expand your knowledge of wine storage & serving, & food pairing.

Learn how to identify wine “faults” and avoid bad wines.

$30 YAM Members $40 Not-Yet-Members

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Also in 2020 Art in Bloom is the first event of its kind at the Yellowstone Art Museum. This amazing three-day event will celebrate the talents of local floral designers by featuring interpretations of art in the Museum’s collection.

Selected works of art in the collection reflect a broad range of styles, subject matter, time periods and cultures. Designers will choose one work of art to interpret in a live, fresh flower arrangement. These arrangements will be displayed from the Friday evening preview party on July 10 through Sunday, July 12.

A brunch and live demonstration by designers will take place on Sunday, July 12 followed by the announcement of Best-inShow and the People’s Choice Award.

The Museum hours for Art in Bloom are Friday, July 10, 5 – 8 p.m.; Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; and Sunday, July 12, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Mint Screenings

The first Thursday of every month, the Yellowstone Art Museum is proud to partner with the Montana International Film Festival films to bring you a selected film focused on arts and culture. We are proud to offer the following selections.

June 4: Rembrandt July 2: Michelangelo – Love and Death August 6: Matisse from MoMA and Tate Modern September 3: Manet from the Royal Academy October 1: Leonardo – From the National Gallery

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THANK YOU CONTRIBUTORS We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all members, donors, and sponsors who contributed $125 and above.

[This cumulative list was compiled on 4/16/2020.]

$15,000+ Anonymous Deborah A. Anspach & Dr. John Hanson Charles M. Bair Family Trusts Dr. Christopher Heath Brown Dr. John & Patricia Burg John W. & Carol L.H. Green Norman Hames Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation First Interstate Bank Gareld Krieg Jill Krutick Robert Mars Larry & Ruth Martin Tim & Trish Matteson Gary & Melissa Oakland Galerie Michael Greg Scott Linda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden Yellowstone County $10,000 – 14,999 Anonymous Axilon Law Firm Diane Boyer Jerhoff Hardin School District John Heyneman & Arin Waddell Hilltop Inn by Riversage Maggy & David Hiltner KULR-8 Television The Osprey Fund Riversage Billings Inn Susan Shelhamer Stockman Bank Theodore Waddell & Lynn Campion $5,000 – 9,999 Paul & Rachel Cox Chuck & Jeanette Cremer Desert Mountain Broadcasting Eide Bailly LLP Frontier Fencing Frank Haughton Holiday Stationstores Dorothy & Tom Hull Intermountain Distributing Company Ted & Bess Lovec Wayne & Kimberly Nelson Dr. Donald & Carol Roberts Jenny Wong Stanley Sibanye Stillwater Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation Charlie & Jeanne Widdicombe $1,000 – 4,999 Dr. Hewes D. & Susan Agnew Albertson’s of Billings The Albertsons Companies Foundation Joel Anderson Randy & Cheryl Bentley

Billings Clinic Billings Federal Credit Union Billings Scheels Tari & Randy Broderick Clyde Butcher Deborah Butterfield & John Buck Sonja Caywood Steve & Jennifer Corning Frank & Kathy Cross Crowley Fleck PLLP Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell Connie Dillon Fay Golson Dona & Paul Hagen Lee D. Humphrey Jr. Karen A. Ferguson Donna M. Forbes Michelle & Glenn Foy Ron Glass John Greenberger & Michael Kennedy James Guyer & Jeanie Mentikov Peter & Theresa Habein Tom & Clair Howard Alex & Andrea Heyneman Pam & Barry Ivanoff Lynette & Bruce Jensen Chris & Kristie Jessup Edna B. Johnson Charitable Trust Shauna Kerr-Cumin Bryan W. Knicely George Knight Julie & Leif Linderman Jon Lodge & Jane Waggoner Deschner Larry & Joyce Mayer Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos Dr. Robert & Linda Merchant Chuck Middlekauff Sheila Miles Moulton Bellingham, PC Neltje Charles Nightengale Kim & Don Olsen Rita O’Neill PayeWest Insurance David Orser & Ossie Abrams Perkins Family Restaurants - Billings, Sharon L. & Garde Peterson Phillips 66 Amanda Queyrel Chaz Riewaldt Mai Wyn Schantz James R. & Chris Scott Eric & Laura Simonsen Tom Singer & Evey LaMont Ronald Hugh Smith Linda J. Snider Kevin Stenberg & Vicki Copeland Mark Stevens Matthew & Stephanie Stroud Susan Sullivan & Stephen Zabawa Tiffani Swenson Toucan Gallery

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United Way of Yellowstone County Walmart Wipfli Ronald J. & Amy Yates Yellowstone Bank Yellowstone Surgery Center, LLC $750 – 999 A&E Architects Lornel Baker Stacey Black Craig Carlisle Dr. James P. & Linda Cornetet Bob & Shari Dayton David DiGiacomo Don & Marilyn Floberg Laura Heine Jane & Terry Indreland Royal & Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation Karyn Mehus Deborah Potter Kevin & Laurie Riley Steve & Pauline Tostenrud Wetzels Quality Cleaners $300 – 749 Donald W. & Judy Allen Cathy Allen Rob Andy Maureen M. Baker Susan & Robert Barnett Edward Barta Bruce & Susan Barrow Daryl & Carol Beam Cindy & John Betka Bighorn Valley Health Center, Inc. Julie Blockey James Brien & Hollis Hall Gilbert Burdett Alex Burks Janet Carpenter Cenex Harvest States (CHS) Dr. Doug & Karla Carr Patrick W. & Carla Cobb Martin & Mary Lee Connell Sherri Cornett & Dr. Steve Kriner Ryan & Holly Cremer Dr. Gordon & Dodie Cox Tyler & Brooke Crennen Crooked Line Studio Joy & Gene Culver Mary Lee & David Darby Carmelita Dominguez & Tom Scarborough Teresa & Paul Donato Tom & Joell Doneker Bruce L. Ennis & Margaret Davis Ferro, Willet, & Thompson PLLP Fred L. & Rose Marie Fleischmann Jareld Fox GFWC - Billings Junior Woman’s Club The GoodCoin Foundation Rita & Karl Giebink

Dr. Phillip E. & Barbara Griffin Malcolm Goodrich & Judy Williams Peter & Theresa Habein Marshall Haferkamp Hanson Chemical, Inc. Carl & Marriana Hansen Hardin Public Schools Hardy Construction Rita W. Heizer Dr. Don & Georgia Hicks Jason & Wendy Jam David & Judy Johnson Pam Jones & Edward Hahn High Horse Saloon & Eatery Darla & Roger Huebner Carole & Everett Jones Donna Frisby & Ken Rambold Neil & Gleva Jussila Patricia & Dan Kellermeyer Frank E. & Margo Kelley Kirks’ Grocery Ken Konchel Krystal Knight Horton B. Koessler Dr. Stephen & Marilyn Kramer Nyd Kraushaar Mike Lawler Megan Littlefield Leavitt Group Insurance Tracy & Mike Linder Karen Long Dorothy Long Robert Mackin & Elizabeth Adcock Mac’s Floral Myrna Martinson William & Kathe McDaniels Dr. Robert & Sharon McDermott Thad & Shannon McGrail Dr. Precious McKenzie & William Stearns Jean McNally Ann & Paul Miller Leigh Morrison Davi Nelson Renee & Roger Newman O2 Architects Pepsi-Cola of Billings Debbie Potter Jeremy Rabus Dr. Jeffrey Rector Kevin Red Star Bev Ross Louis & Shani Ross William & Beverly Ryan Sanctuary Spa & Salon Elizabeth Scanlin & Jeff Anderson Dr. Robert & Nancy Schultz Schutz Foss Architects Dr. James E. & Janice Scott Marcia Selsor Dr. George F. & Olivia Sheckleton Ryan Shore & Claire Habein Bill & Marilyn Simmons Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot

Dr. Kris Spanjian & Ray Gilbertson Alan & Kristen Sparboe Gregory & Lisa Steiner Gilles Stockton Renée Tafoya Ric Taylor Diane Teske Harris Tesseract Dance Collective Margit Thorndal Donna Todd Patti S. Townsend Turley Dental Uberbrew Underriner Motors Jane Urbaska Dr. Patricia & Richard Vettel-Becker The Will James Society Jim Vincent Shannon Widdicombe Daniel & Michelle Wohlgenant YourCause, LLC Trustee for Pfizer Foundation $125 – 299 Jenni Aleksich & Andy Bottman Dale & Tomi Alger Susan Baack & Dan Gross Annette Behm Jeff & Lisa Berke Philip & Nada Bell Cindy Bell Jeanne & Ron Bender Joshua Billstein Sandy & Francis Blake Dr. Wiley R. & Marilyn Bland Kristen & Nathan Blanding John Bohlinger & Nancy Cooper John & Marry Ann Bottman Kirsten Swanson Bowen Bill & Nancy Boyer Ashley Bragg Anna C. Brewer Rockwood Brown Broken Diamond Books Barbara Bryan & Scott Mitchell Gary & Jolayne Buffington Judith Burnam Shannon Burns Johnson

Board of Trustees Tari Broderick Juni Clark Pete Habein Lynette Jensen Christopher Jessup Carolyn Pease-Lopez Julie Linderman Bess Lovec Thad McGrail Trish Matteson Dr. Robert Merchant Gary Oakland Sharon Peterson Dr. Donald Roberts Kevin Stenberg Matthew Stroud Renée Tafoya Donna Todd

Terry & Muriel Burt Dr. Daniel B. Caplan Kris Carpenter Lauren E. Carr G.B. Carson Mike & Desirae Caskey The Honorable William & Anne Cole Dylan & Malia Dahl Nan Darham James Davis Adam Delavan Jill Diercks Jan & David Dietrich Shane De Leon Dr. Barbara Dudczak Brenda Dugas Sandy Dvarishkis Marnie Emond & Mark Hastings Dr. Michael & Jeanette Englehart Adam Feldner Marc & Cindy Fine Allison Florance Kay Foster & Mike Mathew Cynthia Foster Denice Waller Fraser Bradley & Stefeni Freese Angus & Marjorie Fulton Diana & Dan Geiger Mike & Cathy Glennon Lillie M. Grace Jesse Grandy Jim & Karen Gransbery Robert & Kathy Griffin Sarah Grau & Vince Long Karen Gray-Leach Paul Grmoljez & Alice Gordon Jeffrey A. & Kerry Gruizenga Walt & Barbara Gulick Dona & Paul Hagen Ruby Hahn Steve & Joni Harman Heidi Harsha Jim & Linda Healow Charles & Carol Heath Melody Heide Bruce Helander Logan & Kelsey Hendricks Xander Heyneman Robert E. Hill

Edward Hughes & Roberta Anner-Hughes Dave & Cynthia Hummel Betsy Hurd Karen & Allen Huso Val Jeffries & Allen Powers Kelly Jensen Kent & Michael Ann Johnson Pierre Jomini James L. Jones Michael Jorgensen & Michael Haykin Heather Kassab & Jason Thallmayer James & Marie Kelly George Kelting Dr. Phillip S. Key & Donna McCool Paul & Phoebe Knapp Warren Donna & Keith Kohnke Lew Kosich Harry Koyama Arthur & Sabrina Kraft Steven Kramer Rob Kurtzman Diane & Ted Kylander Terry Zee Lee Frederick R. Longan Doris Loughbom Greg Lozoski & Darrah Farrighetti Priscilla Lund Isabel Lundin Margaret MacDonald & John Smilie Mac’s Floral Lisa Malody & Laurence DeBoer Ann Marie Maltby Frank & Janet Mann Dr. Thomas J. & Sandra McIntosh Suzanne McKiernan Elizabeth McNamer Jim & Marilu Metherell Donna J. Meyer Marti & Michael Miller Penny S. & William Morgan Curtis O’Brien & Kathy Mosdal O’Brien Charles & Betty Moses Randy & Jeanne Nafts

Sherman & Fran Oland Michael & Susan O’Leary Suzanne Olmsted Mary Parker David J. Patterson & Mary Palffy Dale & Judith Peterson Russ & Susan Plath Dr. Robert & Ginnie Pueringer Mur Louisa Quaglia Jaq Quanbeck Derek Quick Regina Quinn Michael Ramey Keera Rhodes Kathie L. Riggs Marty Rodabaugh & Don McKay Dr. Jim Rollins & Dr. Julie Johnson Bernard Rose John & Laura Ross Joseph Roy Bob & Sheila Ruble Dr. Roger & Susan Santala Dr. Scarborough Patrick & Mary Schelle Amy & Rick Selensky Corby Skinner Dr. Ronald H. & Karin Smith Per & Nadine Sommer Jim & Carol Spielman Michael Stanish Jacque Stannebein David L. Strong & Amaya Gracia Costas Penelope Strong & Paul Matt Mary Jane & Dr. Stewart Taylor Echo Ukrainetz Marylyn Vincent Monte Waite Elizabeth Waddington Stephany Westhusin Suzanne Wilson Leann Zahn

Executive Officers Kim Olsen President Deborah Anspach President-Elect Steve Tostenrud Vice-President Deborah Potter Secretary/Treasurer Paul Cox Immediate Past President Bryan W. Knicely Ex Officio

Trustees Emeritus Carol L.H. Green Randy Jacobs Gareld Krieg Ted Lovec Larry Martin

Leadership Team Bryan W. Knicely Executive Director John Greenberger Finance & Admin. Director Susan Barnett Curator Ryan Cremer Development Director Mary Serbe Education Director Nickolas Olson Marketing Manager

National Council John Buck Deborah Butterfield Paul Farr Abe Hays William I. Koch Carla O’Rorke Nathaniel Owings Joseph Poindexter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Mark Stevens

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JUN26 + JUN27 + JUN28 OUR MISSION The Yellowstone Art Museum exhibits, interprets, collects, and preserves art, for the enrichment, education, inspiration, and enjoyment of all.

Charles M. Bair Family Trust